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How ironicMorrison's fetish for Wise is only matched by w1z4rds fetish for Jon Stewart........
For those of you who don't have access to youtube, here's wikipedia's article on white privilege:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_privilege
"white privilege is a way of conceptualizing racial inequalities that focuses as much on the advantages that white people accrue from society as on the disadvantages that people of color experience"
I could not find transcripts of Tim's speeches.
@enigma:
eurocentricity not US-centricity. I thought that was obvious. Don't make silly comments like that.
If you think these speeches are insane, you must be insane.
@Jimmy:
This is not about guilt! Refer to speech 2 part 6.
If you feel guilty, why does the truth make you feel that way?
No personal attacks please. Let's not derail this thread.
@enigma:
eurocentricity not US-centricity. I thought that was obvious. Don't make silly comments like that.
If you think these speeches are insane, you must be insane.
Career
After graduating in 1990, Wise began his work as an anti-racist activist, ultimately receiving training in methods for undoing racism from the New Orleans-based People's Institute for Survival and Beyond. Wise began his anti-racism work as a youth coordinator, and then associate director, of the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism, the largest of the various organizations founded for the purpose of defeating political candidate, David Duke, when Duke ran for U.S. Senate and Governor of Louisiana in 1990 and 1991, respectively.[3]
After his work campaigning against David Duke, Wise worked for a number of community-based organizations and political groups in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, including the Louisiana Coalition for Tax Justice, the Louisiana Injured Worker's Union and Agenda for Children, where he worked as a policy analyst and community organizer in New Orleans public housing.
In 1995, Wise began lecturing around the country on the issues of racism and white privilege. The following year, he returned to his hometown Nashville, and he continued his work around the US, gaining a national reputation for his work in defense of affirmative action.[citation needed]
From 1999 to 2003, Wise served as an advisor to the Fisk University Race Relations Institute. Wise received the 2002 National Youth Advocacy Coalition's Social Justice Impact Award as well as the 2001 British Diversity Award, for best feature essay on race and diversity issues. He has appeared on numerous radio and television broadcasts, including The Montel Williams Show, Donahue, Paula Zahn NOW, MSNBC Live, and ABC's 20/20, arguing the case for affirmative action and to discuss the issue of white privilege and racism in America.[4]
Wise argues that racism in the United States is institutionalized, due to past overt racism and the ongoing effects of that past racism, along with current-day discrimination. Although he contends that personal, overt bias is less common than in the past (or at least less likely to be openly articulated), Wise argues that institutions have been set up to foster and perpetuate white privilege, and that subtle, impersonal, and even ostensibly race-neutral policies contribute to racism and racial inequality today.
Guys, stop spewing hate...
I want to engage in a mature discussion. Let's talk about white privlege and the legacy of colonialism. If you don't want to talk about these topics, then don't.
Discuss the content of these speeches or discuss the content of wikipedia's (if you don't have access to youtube) article on white privilege.